The Girly-Boy Dragon

Last time Spike had gone out to play with Rumble was at least three months ago. That's just how busy Spike had been lately, not to mention the occasional trip to and from the Crystal Empire. This time around, Rumble would also drag along Button Mash for a nice game of tag.

It was a good change of pace for the neighborhood dragon to get some visitors at the Castle of Friendship. Twilight simply nodded his way, giving Spike permission, and allowed him to get some fresh air. Besides, this was better for Spike rather than letting him keep himself locked up inside the castle all day long.

Spike was narrowly avoiding Button's hoof when he tripped and fell right into Rumble, and the two collapsed onto the soft grass. Rumble predictably pushed Spike off of him rather assertively, and laughed snidely.

He then said, "You're terrible! That's not how you play tag at all."

Spike got up, and said, "Heh, sorry Rumble. I guess Button Mash got me. Which means...!"

He extended his finger, and tapped Rumble on the shoulder. "Aww, not fair," Rumble exclaimed with narrowed eyes.

Spike took off while he could, yelling gleefully, "You're it!"

"Watch how quickly you become it again, Spike! I'm coming right for you!"

Button Mash made the mistake of believing this, and just stood still, giggling, actually thinking Rumble was serious. "Tag!" Rumble said as his hoof snagged Button's.

Button Mash gasped, and said, "Oh, c'mon! I've been it so many times, this isn't even fair!"

Spike slowed down, and said, "Yeah..." He huffed, and said, "I agree with Button Mash. Plus, I kinda feel tired, guys. Wanna take a break?"

Rumble hoofed, and neighed before asking, "You're tired already?"

Button Mash then said, "I'm a little beat, too, Rumble."

Rumble just glanced at the two, and said, "Fine, never mind. Come to think of it, I'm tired as well. Come on! I see a nice looking stump over there that we can use to chill with. I suppose we really should catch up, huh?"

Spike and Button Mash followed along, neither one of them particularly enjoying Rumble's bossy nature. Still, they persisted with it. After all, it was one of the things that made him fun to have around. He looked at Spike, and said, "Alright!" He hopped up onto the stump to lay on his back, and demanded, "So, talk."

Spike just leaned against the stump, and slowly sat down to say, "Nothing much has changed. I mean, things are always changing, but lately, they stay mostly the same. I'm still admired in the Empire, so on and so forth... I just wish I had more time to play with you guys instead."

Rumble chuckled, and said, "Once again, I must point out that you're pretty much the envy of most kids in this town. Ponyville doesn't have another filly or colt that can do the kind of things you do. Like... when you breathe fire, or how you have those claws."

Button Mash said, "Yeah, so we hang out with you because you're so awesome." Button then sat down next to Spike, smiling at him.

Rumble however, said, "I wouldn't put it like that! But, anyways, I feel like this conversation is going nowhere. Again. Just like the last time we saw you."

Spike asked, "What do you propose?"

Rumble's smile widened, and he then offered while straightening himself up on his stump, "Wanna play a game of truth or dare?"

Spike just blinked a couple of times while standing up. So did Button Mash, and then Spike asked, "Why would we wanna do something like that?"

Button Mash asked, "What's truth or dare?"

Rumble answered Spike's question, "Because it's loads of fun!"

"What's truth or dare, guys?"

Spike finally answered Button Mash, "It's a game where we all take turns, and we ask one another truth or dare, and you have to pick one."

Rumble then inserted, "On the third truth, instead of choosing truth, you have to pick dare."

Spike glanced at Rumble, and whispered, "That's new..."

Rumble heard him, though, and said, "Aww, don't be such a wimp!"

Spike took the chance to be first, and suddenly ask Button Mash, "Truth or dare?!"

"Err... Truth?" Button replied nervously.

"Have you asked Sweetie Belle out yet, like we said you should? It certainly has been long enough."

Button Mash laughed unexpectedly. "Oh, actually, she approached me after lunch one day, and that's when I worked up the nerve to ask her if she liked games. She did, and I asked if she might've ever heard of a gaming console. She had, and loves video games almost as much as I do!"

Rumble clapped, and said, "Alright! Now it's your turn, Button Mash."

Button Mash said, "Oh, okay then... Rumble! Truth or dare?"

Rumble smirked powerfully, and said, "Dare!"

Button Mash gasped, shocked, and quickly said, "I wasn't expecting that." He looked around, not knowing what to do. Then, intellectually, he said, "I dare you to pick truth."

Rumble groaned, and said, "Fine... Truth."

"Do you always pick dare? Because it looks like you probably do."

Rumble just rolled his eyes, and asked, "Are you serious right now? Ugh! Usually, yes, I do! It's supposed to be fun, and exhilarating! Why are you laughing, Spike?"

The dragon just kept on snickering while also trying to say, "You... getting mad..." He laughed some more. "Sorry..."

Rumble simply rolled his eyes, and said, "Whatever. You forfeit your turn, Button. Spike... Truth or dare?"

Spike shrugged, and said, "Truth."

Spike was not prepared for the question that came from Rumble's lips. "Are you a virgin? Because I've just gotta know!"

Spike just stood there, letting the question flow through his head. "Uh," he answered.

"You can't lie," Rumble said rather commandingly. "The penalty for lying is... You have to disorganize Twilight's library books!"

Spike grimaced, and then spat it out. "Alright! I'm a virgin! I don't see what's so bad about that."

Rumble proceeded to smack himself on the forehead, and afterwards, said, "Wow... Sorry, Spike, but it's just that... Well, with the way you're so popular, and you hang around Rarity a lot..."

Spike looked away, unsure as to how he was going to answer for this. "Well... I know another dragon, but she's kinda taller than I am."

Rumble kneeled in, and asked, "That blue one? Yeah, and she's a strange case. Anyways, it's your turn."

Spike kept his eyes fixed on Rumble, and asked, "Truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you to tell me why you wanted to know if I was still a virgin."

Rumble scoffed, and hoofed, "Because, I already told you! I thought that by now, with the way you're so popular, somepony would've stollen it. You forfeit your turn!"

Spike was now the one scoffing, but for a different reason. "Cheap... You're hiding something. I can tell."

Rumble laughed some more, and as a response, he just asked Spike again, this time making Spike sweat a little. "Truth or dare, Spike?"

"T-truth!"

Rumble took his time formulating his question just right, and then, he asked, "Are you ready for the dare that's coming up?" Spike gulped, and went to answer, but Rumble was able to stop him just in time by saying, "Remember, you have to be honest."

Spike then managed to clear the lump in his throat just barely enough to muster, "Yeah, I'm ready."

"Alright then... Your turn, then."

Spike soon became unsure again. What was he to do? In a panic, he reached out for Button, and said, "Button Mash! Truth or dare?"

Button Mash just shrugged, and said, "Uh, why not dare?"

"Yes!" Spike attempted to buy himself some time by daring Button Mash, "When it's your turn next, ask me truth or dare, and not Rumble."

Button Mash simply nodded, and said, "Okay." Then, once Spike's turn was done, he asked Rumble, "Do I have to do that? His turn is technically over."

Rumble shook his head, and said, "Nah."

At that, Spike could only react negatively. "Hey!"

"Cool," Button Mash said, and then asked Rumble, "Truth or dare?"

Spike exclaimed, "That's not fair!"

Rumble and Button Mash both ignored this, and Rumble answered, "Dare."

"I dare you to ask Spike truth or dare."

Rumble simply rolled his eyes, and said, "So many forfeit turns in this game! Spike?"

Spike just breathed as best he could, and said, "Truth."

"You can't, remember?"

He balled his fists up to prepare for the worst, and said, "D-dare, then... Hit me with your best shot, Rumble."

Spike looked pretty cool, but pretty weak at the same time, so Rumble just hoofed at him, and said, "Relax, my dragon friend... Played you like a violin. You really don't know what's happened around town lately, do you?"

Spike shook his head, confused, and said, "No, not really. Why? What's this dare all about?"

What Rumble said next would leave Spike with even more questions than answers. "So, I'm gonna try and take this as slowly as possible. There's a new dragon living in town."

Spike's bodily reaction to that statement alone was something to behold. He tensed up, and was even able to work up the nerve to ask Rumble, "A girl dragon? Or a boy?"

"Oh," Rumble revealed with raised eyebrows. "It's definitely a girl dragon! She's really, really cute, too. She's pink, small like you, and I think she's roughly the same age as you."

Button Mash then said, "Say, I know who you're talking about. I've seen her around."

Spike typically asked Button Mash, "Well? Is she like Rumble says? Or is he making all of this up?"

Button Mash simply pressed his lips tightly, and looked at rumble as if he had all the answers before saying, "Rumble's pretty accurate, actually."

That's when Rumble revealed, "Y'see, Spike, I'm gonna dare you to go to her house. That's because I've already met her."

Spike asked, "What? You have?"

"Yep," Rumple said. "Before you go asking more questions, let me talk. I won't get into how I found this out, but when I talked to her, I told her about you. She asked a lot about you, and... I might've already told her you were a virgin. She told me that she isn't, though, but maybe that's a good thing! Her name's Silk, and apparently, she wouldn't mind doing it with a virgin like yourself to help out. I figured, what the hay?"

Spike raised an eyebrow suspiciously, and asked Rumble, "So, what? You're just looking out for your good buddy Spike?"

Rumble shrugged off the third degree, and said, "It just kind of happened. The thing is, she said that she's really looking forward to meeting you, Spike. Wouldn't wanna deny an invitation like that, right?"

The dragon was almost unable to believe in what he was hearing, but it wasn't as if he wasn't looking forward to this, either. He had never actually met another dragon quite like himself before. Adopted by ponies, and not so towering above the rest, that is. "So, I have no choice?"

Rumble leaped off his stump, and walked on a dirt path, motioning for them to follow along. "No, Spike," Rumble said as he lead them onwards. "You definitely do not have a choice in this at all. That's why it's called a dare."